WORLD SUPERBIKE CHAMPIONSHIP
VOL. 51 ISSUE 15 APRIL 15, 2014 P87
Briefly...
time out. Dropped in contentious
circumstances by his Suzuki team
during the off-season, he was with-
out a ride until the unfortunate car
crash injury suffered by Sylvain Bar-
rier in the BMW Motorrad Italia SBK
Evo team. Camier was fastest Evo
rider of all after making it to Super-
pole 2 alongside full Superbike rider
Toni Elias (and then finished 11th on
the grid on a bike with 20 or so less
horses than all those in front of him).
He won the first Evo battle on Sun-
day.
Both Hero EBR 1190 RX riders were
present at Aragon for the second
round and each had some new parts
MV OF ALL?
What makes the 2014 MV
F4 RR tick? We asked MV
technical chief Brian Gillen and
it appears there is still a lot of
change to come to a bike that
is entered as a full Superbike,
not an Evo machine.
Given the long break be-
tween P.I. and Aragon, the bike
has even changed a lot from
its virtual Superstock spec in
Australia.
"The bike is probably now about 70 percent of the way
to being a full Superbike," Gillen said. "In Australia it was
probably 60 percent, so there is a tremendous amount
to come. A number of new parts are on the bike, but the
engine we used at Aragon was the same as the one we
used in Australia. The mechanical components were the
same but what has changed is the chassis.
"We have different suspension, new triple clamps,
which are offset adjustable so we could test. We are
using the new offset figures at Aragon. We have differ-
ent rear links, we have different wheels; new Marchesini
ones they made specifically for us. There is a big weight
saving and big reduction in the moment of inertia with
these. Turning the bike is quite
a bit easier."
Electronics are another
jump forward, using well-known
material.
"From the electronics side
we have had a huge step
forward - with the definition of
them. We are probably about
40 percent+ of the way there
with the electronics. We use the
Marvel 4 Magneti Marelli ECU."
With a monstrously powerful
street engine already inside its
steel tube and alloy box section chassis, the MV Agusta
had good power, on the showroom floor, but not much in
the way of race engine development so far.
"The engine we have now could be considered an
Evo engine," said Gillen. "Everything inside is as it was
in Australia because the engine was built in December
and shipped straight to Australia, so it is basically Evo.
We could have qualified it for the Evo class, no problem.
We have 201 horsepower on the road-going F4 RR, with
a catalytic convertor and headlights and turn signals.
We are putting out over 225 hp now and full spec will be
around 230 or 235, at the crankshaft. There is a lot of
room where we can grow."
The MV Agusta World Superbike
(Above) Chaz Davies was fourth in race one but crashed out of race two.
(Left) Georgian Aaron Yates ended the day with 17
th
and 19
th
place finishes.
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